The Dillon tribune., 1887-11-11
BLASTED ON GLASS,
SECRETS OF A PROCESS OF WHICH,
LITTLE Is KNOWN.

An Art Manufacture in Which Chicoco
Occupies II Prominent plucc-thut with
sand Blast Man-Makin. , ",,ub.
Another Proc, IS.
A cos''! folding bed stood in the front
nall OF mansion on Washington luu,e
vard. The furniture men had Just left i,
ana mad returned to the store to secure
the additional help required to handle il.
The lady Of the house had callers in the
parlor who rose to go before the furniture
handlers returned. 1t was in elegant
bed. and rs the ladies passed to admire il
the mistress pulled the gilded handl. ut
thc side, and the couch nlagically unyoked
itself from the perpendicular part and
slowly descended. The good lady had
attended to show her friends how easily
IT worked. but had miscalcnlatct the dis
tancc between the bed and the inner
lights of the vcstibule door. Result. n
crash. half II bushcl Of fragments of deco
rated glass. and a $50 iol, for the sand
blast man. The smashed doorlightr had
borne an original design, the central figure
being u monogram formed by the initials
OF the name Of the master of the house.
The glass had been set for three wears
anu when the sand blast man ascertaincd
this he turned tOois books and found this
entry:
''Petcr Wintringlnam, rub, Sept. /.
1881, foliu y. page 152."
He touched an electric bell had loiio o
brought in. IN which. at page l5o. he
found IL proof OF Peter Win,riugham's
door lights. On the proof was the legend:
''Stencil 9,Stii." He touched another cleo
tric bell: to the workman who answered it
he said: duplicate 9sGA." and Peter
Wintring|lam' vcstibulc presented it's
normal appearance the following week.
HOW TO MAKE \ "Hrn.
Before the sand hlastcr sent the lights to
Wintrin-hlm' rc>,lcln,. in 1884. he made
Il ''rub" Of them. and This is how il is
done:
Put piece Of paper "n the glass you
wish to get the ''a'trr', from. and rub the
paper with Il piece Of 'hrcliall such as
is commonly usc,i by >ho,nlakers Thr
paper must he held firmly in its place, so
as not to slip. if yo,, wish to get Il correct
copy. II necessary, get assistance in hold
ing it.
"Whal is sand la,tiny:' asked the
writer Of i, Chicago man whose life has
been S,mn, in decorating glass. THE
StIH'ilIIe vi VcCtiitlIe ~! -EiSS Wjln SttlN:
Ill secret process. the inside facts of
which we cannot disclose. Come up stairs
and see a sand blast machinc.' The ma
chine suggests II cider mill in shape or II
cheese press At amy rate it's Il novel
creation, which The arti>. faithfully rep
resents. The glass is laid on rubber belts
at the side and is then fed into the ma
chine. As soon us i, disappears from
view some rubber flaps come down and
prevent the pressure in the interior from,
escaping. This pressure is cNcrte,l by
wind and Sant(--;l twenty horse power
engine being required to raise the "blow''
which drives the sand to the glass. Look
ing through the window in the center of
the machine ''gun'' is disclosed. 1t has
u large, mouth shaped opening. at which
it is loaded with twenty horse power ann
ntuniticn Of wind and sand. Before the
ammunition. is allowed to leave the gun
the aperture narroWs to about Onc-SiXtll
the width of the loading point. This con-
lcnscs the sand SO that when il leaves the
gun it strikes the glass with such force
us to eat into the surface. When the glass
has been thus exposed il passes out OF the
machine ON rubber belts ut the opposite
side. This process is called grinding, and
one machine will grind abou, 500 >ul,art
feet in Il day.
IN. DECORATIVE PART.
Now for i!lc decorative pari. ~uppoS'
the S:lnuhlaster wishes to present ON !;
square of glass Il certain design. He sim
nly covers the surface with Hr~WaX and
a certain, mixture laid on over !'' glass
in exact duplicate oi the iesi:.:, desired
The glass passes into the machine. Ts..
sand is fired from he gun. but thi> tim.
it grindS only the exposed |.artS. Th,
portion co>crcs! with lecsw;lN aud tlt
secret mixture is not touched ly be sand
and when the plate cmcr!s", from III.
machine and tn" WAX. ETC., are washed
Off. behold the design S,undr" u;.1 i
sharp contrast 10 the ..r,.l,nl ~lsriac,
whicu the sand has s'uric.'.
This il ihc \ i & If S;:.;'l ,''i:%;ill:: 'i'h:
prcr>>, is susceptible" OF i,;i,'h ,iilnr:t lon
and one Improvement. Nh',':' wl'' ,,;ifrntc'
las, year hyn Chicago ..r.!lr:'H.r. Il cA!!rt
the "Amniogr.ph." The pct, ,r,,, ;lt.. i,:a
! draw, rn the lacl; of tie ,i;r~> 10y 'il.
| :r,is, W,h Il color which viii resist III,
uctir.. Of he sand blast. Il is !hrl! sub
| jtr.c,l l.. he stream 1T -;tN!. which cut
the yl,-~ ia ali part, Whic'! arc n"i covered
| nrlu nr less hy he resistant, "hr resist
| ant l. linrn N;.~'rsl OF ci!lr, lru> ,nC ih'
pictures ''Ii l1iio tNt G'i'S~. t'cN III" HcA
! s:i\rrr.i over ii desired. u :is: -.rratc'
lri!!inNvt. The effect l. that 81 4 multi
| ,lriiE nf rn!or>. h", II, paint on rno.lu.
III ANY ki,.l is u>ch. HE "it,", being: "i'
,niiiri '.y he .iitterci! ~!}at,~ "t III" gla>
! itself. Il hicaSD itcra!'i
| What Makes tt,.. .Inurna:i-t.
Journalism, Ike ever: ,thr profession
has !; sliding scale nt n".'il IN its mem
bcrs, but lines within his profession ar
rarely drawn with m.,ci sh;,r''.css. IT. i
! too nlutuhlc. pron,utiDn., are ;N ril'!,t ant